[Linux-aus] Register to reserve your spot at GovHack 2013

Kim Hawtin kim at hawtin.net.au
Mon May 6 09:45:08 EST 2013


On 04/05/13 20:51, Kathy Reid wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> Registration for GovHack events on weekend of 1-2 June are now open,
> Kind regards,
> K.

Because South Australian government types are afraid of the word 'hack' 
the event in Adelaide is called 'unleashed';
   http://www.uladl.com/

regards,

Kim

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	{Disarmed} Register to reserve your spot at GovHack 2013
> Date: 	Fri, 3 May 2013 02:36:19 +0000
> From: 	The GovHack 2013 team <govhackau at gmail.com>
> <mailto:govhackau at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: 	The GovHack 2013 team <govhackau at gmail.com>
> <mailto:govhackau at gmail.com>
> To: 	Kathy <kathy at kathyreid.id.au> <mailto:kathy at kathyreid.id.au>
>
> Govhack Australia
> <http://govhack.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=5d47f285eeb69b1126f0a3c41&id=960e7b2a33&e=ca995048b1>
> GovHack events now open for registration!
>
> Thank you for registering your expression of interest for GovHack 2013.
> We are pleased to announce that the event registration is now officially
> open, so get in and reserve your spot at
> http://govhack2013.eventbrite.com.au
> <http://govhack.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5d47f285eeb69b1126f0a3c41&id=cc426e4a59&e=ca995048b1>
>
> All location details can be found at http://www.govhack.org/locations/
> <http://govhack.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5d47f285eeb69b1126f0a3c41&id=220341591e&e=ca995048b1>
>
> GovHack runs nationally from  May 31 to June 2 2013, 8 locations in
> Australia will come together with over 400 participants and 150 teams to
> play with government data and create unique solutions and services.
> Solutions which then have a chance to become reality with over $40k in
> the national prize pool and a further $120k of local prizes. These
> prizes are divided up into competition prizes and some quite innovative
> entrepreneurial packages to encourage our best and brightest to further
> develop their ideas beyond GovHack.
>
> Last years competition saw government partner with developers and data
> enthusiasts to discover what technologies could improve how government
> makes it data available and services better, but this year we have set
> up the competition to enable government agencies to invest in promising
> projects beyond the competition.
>
> This is a big shift for the competition which the GovHack team is hoping
> pays off with some tangible outcomes for both the developer community
> and government. In addition this year NICTA,'s eGov Cluster, one of the
> major competition sponsors, will run a showcase in Canberra for
> competition winners to talk about their ideas and entries with start up
> managers and industry heads.
>
> GovHack provides government with the opportunity to see what hacker
> culture
> <http://govhack.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5d47f285eeb69b1126f0a3c41&id=4c242c89b9&e=ca995048b1> has
> to offer.
>
> The competition is expecting a big list of Federal and State/Territory
> Government agencies, but is also attracting a lot of attention from some
> of premier brands of the ICT sector. This includes support from Platinum
> sponsors NICTA, the eGovernment Technology Cluster and Microsoft.
> GovHack is also supported by Gold sponsors Palantir, Google, Relational
> IO, Link Digital and more. There are also a number of strong local event
> sponsors and supporters around the country including the South
> Australian Government, Gold Coast City Council, Landgate, the Tasmanian
> Government, the ACT Government, Intersect, Newcast and AusGOAL.
>
> All government supporters will be announced in the coming weeks, but
> thus far there has been strong support from several State and Territory
> Governments and the following Federal agencies: the Department of
> Finance and Deregulation, Geoscience Australia, the Office of Spatial
> Policy, National Library of Australia, National Archives of Australia,
> Australian Bureau of Statistics with more to be announced!
>
> For more information see www.govhack.org
> <http://govhack.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5d47f285eeb69b1126f0a3c41&id=b3f8ae3e5d&e=ca995048b1>.
> For media enquiries please contact Geoff Mason at geoff.mason at naa.gov.au
> <mailto:geoff.mason at naa.gov.au> or contact a GovHack local organiser
> below for specifics:
>
>     * GovHack Canberra – Pia Waugh (govhackau at gmail.com)
>     * Unleashed Adelaide – Gail Fairlamb (unleashed at sa.gov.au) – also
>       see http://unleashedadelaide.com/
>       <http://govhack.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5d47f285eeb69b1126f0a3c41&id=e472de2bd4&e=ca995048b1>
>     * GovHack Sydney -  Anne Cregan (anne.cregan at intersect.org.au)
>     * GovHack Tasmania -  Richard Tubb (govhacktas at gmail.com)
>     * GovHack Perth – Nic Templeman (nic at communitycloud.org.au)
>     * GovHack Melbourne - David Flanders (david.flanders at ands.org.au)
>     * GovHack Brisbane – Ricky Robinson (ricky.robinson at nicta.com.au)
>     * GovHack Gold Coast - Tanya Lipus (tlipus at goldcoast.qld.gov.au)
>
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